Ryzen for anything but Gaming

[Willis]

I know there is lot of threads on Ryzen but most of them keeping going on about overclocking and gaming. Thought I would start a thread about using Ryzen in a creative manner like video editing 4k, Rendering and as such.

My situation is i've just sold my x99 Xeon 18 Core machine as I got a very good price for it. I was looking at building a new machine still based on the x99 platform but then Ryzen was released and now i'm in to minds what to go for. Do I stick with x99 and possible purchase a 2nd hand 5960x or go 1800x

I know the Ryzen 1800+ is £400 and its on par with the 6900k which is twice as much but I don't think i've purchased a new CPU ever so i tend to match the 1800+ against 2nd hand Intel chips

So is anyone else in a similar position and going to dive in with Ryson as there main creative work station for Adobe Premier/After Effects etc.

 

[An Exception]

Wait for reviews. I think it's looking like the 1800x is going to be faster than a 6900k and quite a bit faster than a 5960x and still cheaper.
Personally I don't use premier or after effects as fcpx + colourfinale with a 6700k & rx480 is just WAY faster than adobe.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Check for reviews and see how it runs the software you use. SKL and KL cores actually have more resources dedicated towards AVX2,but I have not checked how BW-E is in this regard.